Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of South Lanarkshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official South Lanarkshire website
30,245 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 7 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
3 Woodhead Gardens Bothwell
Received 10 Aug 200971 Bourtree Road Hamilton
Received 10 Aug 200925 Reid Street Rutherglen
Received 5 Aug 2009Wyndales House Hotel Symington ML12 6JU
Received 29 Jul 2009112 High Blantyre Road Hamilton
Received 21 Jul 200961 Millar Street Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TD
Received 23 Sept 2009Quarry Cottage Chapelton Strathaven
Received 18 Feb 20087 Keith Street Hamilton
Received 21 Sept 200952 Aberfeldy Avenue Blantyre
Received 7 Sept 20097 Cherrytree Drive Cambuslang
Received 31 Aug 200912 Muir Street Hamilton
Received 30 Jul 20096 Bent Road Hamilton
Received 25 Jun 200911 Dunscore Brae Hamilton
Received 25 Jun 200916 Quarry Place Hamilton
Received 24 Jun 2009The Penthouse Douglas Tower Regents Gate Bothwell
Received 24 Jun 200915 Franklin Place Westwood East Kilbride
Received 17 Jun 20098 Coniston Crescent Hamilton
Received 29 May 200920 Violet Crescent Stonehouse
Received 29 May 200924 Meadow Avenue Blantyre
Received 29 May 200925 Woodlands Terrace Bothwell
Received 29 May 200912 Belstane Park Carluke ML8 4BY
Received 2 Jul 2008Wyndales Hotel Symington ML12 6JU
Received 2 Jul 2008Boghall Road Carluke
Received 2 Jul 200843 High Street Lanark ML11 7LU
Received 2 Jul 2008Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for South Lanarkshire, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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